Petrosquamosal sinus in the temporal bone as a cause of pulsatile tinnitus: a radiological detection.

Authors :: Liu Z
Chen C
Wang Z
Gong S
Xian J
Liang X
Source :: Clinical imaging [Clin Imaging] 2013 May-Jun; Vol. 37 (3), pp. 561-3. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Jun 08.
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: We report a newly evidenced cause of venous pulsatile tinnitus--the petrosquamosal sinus in the temporal bone. We also present the case of a 45-year-old woman who presented with an incapacitating objective pulsatile tinnitus in the left ear for 10 years. The radiology evidenced a petrosquamosal sinus in the air cells of the left temporal bone. The symptoms of pulsatile tinnitus disappeared completely after surgical treatment.<br /> (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Cranial Sinuses surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Radiography
Temporal Bone surgery
Tinnitus surgery
Treatment Outcome
Cranial Sinuses abnormalities
Cranial Sinuses diagnostic imaging
Temporal Bone abnormalities
Temporal Bone diagnostic imaging
Tinnitus diagnostic imaging
Tinnitus etiology

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